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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Siegle v. The District Court ruled in the Circuit City trustee’s favor, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the case. Fitzgerald and United States v. Washington.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, Terminiello v.

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United States Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Voting Rights For D.C.

JonathanTurley

The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. I have written about D.C. residents a vote.

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The Supreme Showdown: Bruen Has The Makings of a Major Second Amendment Victory

JonathanTurley

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will take up arguably the oldest and most controversial right in our history. Bruen is the first major gun rights case in over ten years to come before the Supreme Court and it has the makings of a major gun rights victory in the making. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) New York State Rifle Association v.

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Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is Ready for a Showdown on the Second Amendment

JonathanTurley

Bruen, the first major gun rights case before the Supreme Court in ten years. Justices have been openly discussing a case to push back on lower courts that have been chipping away at its Second Amendment jurisprudence. The court will soon take up New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

JonathanTurley

Chutkan, who virtually turned her court into a rocket docket to try Trump. After the mandate in the case was returned to her, Judge Chutkan immediately resumed her high-speed scheduling to look at the pre-trial issues after the Court reversed her earlier rulings on the basis of presidential immunity. United States.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on upcoming year for the Supreme Court. The Court’s docket is likely to put the institution at ground zero of a heated election year. Here is the column: The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once observed that “it’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.”

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